Gobiesox
| Gobiesox | |
|---|---|
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| Northern Clingfish (G. maeandricus) | |
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| Clingfish (G. nudus) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Gobiesox Lacépède, 1800 |
Gobiesox is a genus of clingfishes found in the Americas. This genus includes both freshwater and marine species.
Species
There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Gobiesox adustus D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Panamic clingfish)
- Gobiesox aethus (Briggs, 1951) (Clarion clingfish)
- Gobiesox barbatulus Starks, 1913 (Lappetlip clingfish)
- Gobiesox canidens (Briggs, 1951) (Socorro clingfish)
- Gobiesox crassicorpus (Briggs, 1951)
- Gobiesox daedaleus Briggs, 1951
- Gobiesox eugrammus Briggs, 1955 (Lined clingfish)
- Gobiesox fluviatilis Briggs & R. R. Miller, 1960 (Mountain clingfish)
- Gobiesox fulvus Meek, 1907
- Gobiesox juniperoserrai Espinoza-Pérez & Castro-Aguirre, 1996 (Peninsular clingfish)
- Gobiesox juradoensis Fowler, 1944
- Gobiesox lucayanus Briggs, 1963 (Bahama skilletfish)
- Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard, 1858) (Northern clingfish)
- Gobiesox marijeanae Briggs, 1960 (Lonely clingfish)
- Gobiesox marmoratus Jenyns, 1842
- Gobiesox mexicanus Briggs & R. R. Miller, 1960 (Mexican clingfish)
- Gobiesox milleri Briggs, 1955
- Gobiesox multitentaculus (Briggs, 1951)
- Gobiesox nigripinnis (W. K. H. Peters, 1859) (Blackfinned clingfish)
- Gobiesox nudus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Clingfish)
- Gobiesox papillifer C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Bearded clingfish)
- Gobiesox pinniger C. H. Gilbert, 1890
- Gobiesox potamius Briggs, 1955
- Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey, 1876) (Stippled clingfish)
- Gobiesox rhessodon R. Smith, 1881 (California clingfish)
- Gobiesox schultzi Briggs, 1951 (Smoothlip clingfish)
- Gobiesox stenocephalus Briggs, 1955
- Gobiesox strumosus Cope, 1870 (Skilletfish)
- Gobiesox woodsi (L. P. Schultz, 1944) (Woods' clingfish)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Gobiesox in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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